Congrats!<br><br>On Friday, July 9, 2021, Jil Swearingen <<a href="mailto:jilswearingen@gmail.com">jilswearingen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Kristen, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">I'm glad you'll still be able to be involved as the WV representative for MAIPC. You have such an excellent background. I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Jil</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 8:53 AM Wickert, Kristen <<a href="mailto:kwickert@wvda.us" target="_blank">kwickert@wvda.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have been loving all the emails where I learn from you all about pests and proactive activities for management. Thank you for sharing.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, I will be leaving the West Virginia Department of Agriculture due to a change in careers. However, I am happy to announce that I will still be in West Virginia and still working with plants and land management! I will be
working with the non-profit Appalachian Headwaters in southern West Virginia that focuses on native plant restoration and the beneficial ecological impacts of doing so. I will lose my WVDA email address on July 13<sup>th</sup> and start my new position on
Aug 2<sup>nd</sup>. In the interim please use my email address for correspondence:
<a href="mailto:klw5421@gmail.com" target="_blank">klw5421@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I will be happy to attend the board meeting when it is schedule in two weeks as well.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"">Kristen Wickert PhD
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Spotted Lanternfly Coordinator and Plant Pathologist<u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Based in Morgantown, WV<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cell: 681-313-9140 Email: <a href="mailto:kwickert@wvda.us" target="_blank">
kwickert@wvda.us</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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